MAËLYS vs the purest
MAËLYS and the purest are two celebrated lines of specialized skincare products. MAËLYS is loved for targeted serums and advanced formulas, featuring standouts like the TOO-FINE for acne-prone skin and the RE-LURE Tight & Tone Body Serum for skin with dark spots, and suits all skin types best. Conversely, the purest is deeply cherished for its gentle moisturizers and thoughtfully composed formulas, offering reliable daily support for acne-prone skin, and suits sensitive, dry, and combination skin best, owing to their mild nature. While both deliver thoughtful care through consistent, understated performance, the brand from the first collection relies on specialized solutions, whereas the brand from the second provides a milder approach.
This page compares some of the most popular MAËLYS and the purest products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
MAËLYS or the purest: which is better?
The purest is better for sensitive skin because Lovi rates its products on this page as High for sensitive skin, whereas MAËLYS products on this page are rated Low.
What is the difference between MAËLYS and the purest?
The purest offers higher suitability for sensitive skin with its solutions moisturizer achieving a High fit, whereas the products on this page from MAËLYS generally show Low to Average fits across skin types. Additionally, the purest includes fragrance in its moisturizer, while MAËLYS features one fragrance-free serum among its two products.
Which is more affordable, MAËLYS or the purest?
Neither MAËLYS nor the purest has pricing or affordability details available on this page, so a price comparison cannot be made.
Which causes fewer breakouts, MAËLYS or the purest?
The products on this page from the purest and MAËLYS both have low fit levels for acne-prone skin, so neither brand is clearly better for avoiding breakouts.
Which brand was founded more recently, MAËLYS or the purest?
The purest was founded more recently in 2020, while MAËLYS was founded earlier in 2017.
Do both MAËLYS and the purest include fragrance in their products?
Yes, both MAËLYS and the purest include fragrance in some of their products on this page. Specifically, the RE-LURE Tight & Tone Body Serum from MAËLYS and the solutions moisturizer from the purest both contain fragrance.
Which product is better suited for sensitive skin, MAËLYS TOO-FINE or the purest solutions?
The purest solutions has a High fit level for sensitive skin, while MAËLYS TOO-FINE has a Low fit level for sensitive skin. Therefore, the purest solutions is better suited for sensitive skin.
Research behind their key ingredients
Behind this comparison
Lovi compares products by their fit scores, calculated from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.
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Co-founder, Medical Director
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer
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Co-founder, CEO and CTO
PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
Medical Board
Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member
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Medical Board, Medical Advisor
Dermatology MD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
Medical Board
Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
Medical Board
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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